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Podcast: The Neurodivergent Professor
Episode: KEW Episode 141: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Our Biosphere
Description: Would our ancestors be proud of us?When I think of the problems humans face today: suffering, anxiety, inequality, social justice issues, war, pollution . . . I try to put things in an evolutionary context. On the one hand, we have come so far. We have created many wonderful ‘science’, ‘technology’, and ‘engineering’ elements that benefit individuals and society. Clean water. Sanitation. Medicine. On the other hand, it hasn’t all been rainbows and unicorns. We can’t seem to shake our violent and gluttonous nature. We kill each other and other organisms. We soil the water that giv...